The junior section of the Tri-Anglia triathlon club caters for athletes of all abilities from ages 8 to 18. Regular junior coaching sessions in swimming, running and cycling are available. The focus of the Junior section is to primarily develop participation in triathlon providing children with their first taste of triathlon and also to help talented athletes progress to higher levels. A range of competitions are available within Norfolk and Suffolk for all juniors to participate in.
Competitions are split by age group as follows and the maximum distances that each age group can compete at are closely controlled. The ages for each category are taken as of the 31st December.
No special equipment is required, particularly in the Tristar categories. Athletes are not able to compete in events held in open water or on public roads until they are in the Youth category so events are held in swimming pools and usually use school grounds for the cycling and running. This means that mountain bikes are particularly suitable.
Junior training sessions - now including swimming!
Junior training sessions are moving to Norwich high school for girls and will include a pool session as well as bike and run training.
The sessions are open to all 8 - 15 year olds and focus on building the skills and strength for triathlon in a fun way through swim, bike and run drills, games and team play.
All coaches hold British Triathlon coaching qualifications, are CRB checked and have received child protection training.
Sessions cost £2.50 and should be paid for through the use of a training voucher.
Session dates for 2008 (please note these have changed, this is due to moving venue to the Norwich High School for Girls so that we can use the swimming pool):-
For more details contact Kerry Davies (kerry.davis7@ntlworld.com).
The 2008 Norwich Junior Triathlon is being organised by Tri-a-sport hosted on Saturday July 5th. More details (3.3Mbyte PDF).
A series of five races across Norfolk and Suffolk consititute the 2008 Junior Triathlon Championships. More details (194k PDF).
Male Junior: Zac Coleman
Finished third in the Eastern Region TriStart category having completed 3 regional races and scoring 26,475 points
Female Junior: Lorna Robinson
Finished first in the Eastern Region Tristar 1 category having completed a massive 12 races of which her best 5 went
towards the championship scoring her a maximum of 50,000 points
Male Youth: Will Meadows
Finished 2nd in the Eastern Region Youth category having completed 8 races and scoring 48,943 points out of a maximum
of 50,000.
Also part of the Youth Team representing the Eastern Region at this years IRC.
Endeavour Award: Rebecca Lemon
For her continued commitment to training, managing to fit in up to 3 training sessions a week as well as dancing lessons,
Guides and other activities plus competing in 4 regional events. Rebecca has a positive and cheery nature
at training and competition evidenced by the support and encouragement she gives to
everyone around her, including those from other clubs who she is competing against.
If you are a junior member and would like to contribute to the Junior section of this web site then please submit articles to the web master.